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work out

Definitions

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  • verb transitive To calculate.
  • verb transitive To make sense of.
  • verb transitive To smooth.
  • verb intransitive To conclude with the correct solution.
  • verb intransitive To succeed.
  • verb intransitive To habitually exercise rigorously, especially by lifting weights, in order to increase strength or muscle mass or maintain fitness.
  • verb transitive, intransitive Used other than as an idiom: see work,‎ out.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb give a workout to
  • verb find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
  • verb work out in detail
  • verb happen in a certain way, leading to, producing, or resulting in a certain outcome, often well
  • verb be calculated
  • verb make a mathematical calculation or computation
  • verb come up with
  • verb do physical exercise

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synonyms (183)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accommodate
  2. accomplish
  3. achieve
  4. add
  5. adjust
  6. algebraize
  7. amplify
  8. answer
  9. arrange
  10. attain
  11. attend
  12. become of
  13. bottom
  14. bring off
  15. calculate
  16. carry into effect
  17. carry into execution
  18. carry off
  19. carry out
  20. carry through
  21. cast
  22. cipher
  23. clear up
  24. close
  25. close with
  26. come about
  27. come of
  28. come out
  29. come through
  30. compass
  31. complete
  32. compose
  33. compute
  34. concert
  35. conclude
  36. consummate
  37. contrive
  38. crack
  39. cut out
  40. deal with
  41. debug
  42. decipher
  43. decode
  44. descant
  45. design
  46. detail
  47. develop
  48. devise
  49. dilate
  50. discharge
  51. disentangle
  52. dispatch
  53. dispose of
  54. divide
  55. divine
  56. do
  57. do the job
  58. do the trick
  59. dope
  60. dope out
  61. effect
  62. effectuate
  63. elaborate
  64. enact
  65. end
  66. enlarge
  67. enlarge upon
  68. ensue
  69. enter into detail
  70. estimate
  71. eventuate
  72. evolve
  73. execute
  74. expand
  75. expatiate
  76. explain
  77. explicate
  78. extract roots
  79. fall out
  80. fare
  81. fathom
  82. fetch
  83. figure
  84. figure in
  85. figure out
  86. find out
  87. find the answer
  88. find the solution
  89. fix
  90. follow
  91. forecast
  92. frame
  93. fulfill
  94. get
  95. get right
  96. get through
  97. go into
  98. go through
  99. guess
  100. guess right
  101. have it
  102. hit it
  103. implement
  104. intend
  105. interpret
  106. issue
  107. knock off
  108. labor
  109. lay plans
  110. make
  111. make a projection
  112. make arrangements
  113. make out
  114. make up
  115. manage
  116. measure
  117. methodize
  118. multiply
  119. open the lock
  120. organize
  121. pan out
  122. particularize
  123. perform
  124. plan
  125. plan ahead
  126. plumb
  127. polish off
  128. prearrange
  129. produce
  130. program
  131. project
  132. prove
  133. prove to be
  134. psych
  135. psych out
  136. put away
  137. put in practice
  138. put into effect
  139. put into practice
  140. put through
  141. puzzle out
  142. rationalize
  143. ravel
  144. ravel out
  145. realize
  146. reckon
  147. rehearse in extenso
  148. relate at large
  149. resolve
  150. result
  151. riddle
  152. schedule
  153. schematize
  154. score
  155. set up
  156. settle
  157. settle with
  158. shape
  159. solve
  160. sort out
  161. spell out
  162. straighten out
  163. subtract
  164. succeed
  165. systematize
  166. take account of
  167. take care of
  168. tally
  169. terminate
  170. translate into action
  171. turn out
  172. turn the trick
  173. undo
  174. unfold
  175. unlock
  176. unravel
  177. unriddle
  178. unscramble
  179. untangle
  180. untwist
  181. unweave
  182. work
  183. work up

hypernyms (9)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. add up
  2. amount
  3. come
  4. come out
  5. develop
  6. make grow
  7. number
  8. total
  9. turn-out

hyponyms (11)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. limber up
  2. loosen up
  3. press
  4. strengthen
  5. tone
  6. tone up
  7. train
  8. tumble
  9. warm up
  10. weight-lift
  11. weightlift

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  • sonofgroucho commented on the word work out

    I've been trying to work out how I can lose 2 stones without dieting or exercising more.

    I haven't worked it out yet...

    January 26, 2008

  • asativum commented on the word work out

    Surgery? Organ donation? Maybe not quite the effect you're looking for.

    And for an ignorant American, what is two stone, anyway?

    January 27, 2008